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FearFear November 2009 All living creatures in the Dislike of snakes, dislike Friends, entire universe suffer due to of lizards – if you dislike a fear. When is it instilled? a lizard, you will be i S ys. All of you must have AKRAM There is constant fear when afraid of it, if you don’t j .. one feels hatred and dislike a experienced fear. Some of you dislike it you will not feel towards others. Why does one fear towards it. d may be afraid of your teacher, Express get scared of the police? It is because he is disliked, he is Where there is a

while others may be afraid of hated. One is afraid of the Dislike, there is Fear

exams and some of you may be snake, because one is not D Questioner: Is fear

Fear aware of the pure soul residing a result of dislike or is it afraid of darkness while others

within. If you naturally come vice-versa?

while others may be afraid of hated. One is afraid of the Dislike, there is Fear

exams and some of you may be snake, because one is not D Questioner: Is fear

Fear aware of the pure soul residing a result of dislike or is it afraid of darkness while others

within. If you naturally come vice-versa?

may even be afraid of being across a snake and don’t fear alone, and yet others may be it, the snake will pass by. If Dadashri: No, fear there are no ‘karmic’ accounts arises due to dislike. Is there is no fear. afraid of ghosts. Sometimes we to settle, it will not harm you. a policeman one to be may not be afraid of anything at feared? It is due to When pigeons are Hatred results in Fear one’s dislike that fear feeding and a fire cracker all, but if someone suddenly Questioner:What arises arises. bursts, they immediately ndex take flight due to fear. shouts “Boo” loudly behind us, we first, hatred or fear? I Questioner: How does When it bursts again, must have felt scared. Have we Dadaji Says...... 1 Dadashri: Hatred arises one get rid of dislike? they look around but don’t ever wondered why we feel fear? Imaginative Fear...... 2 before fear. Fear does not Dadashri: I will have fly away. And the third come first. On what basis does to teach you. What will time around, they don’t What are its causes and how we Absolutely New and Different!.. 4 hatred arise first? One might happen if one keeps even bother to look up. can free ourselves from it? Is The Fearsome Flock...... 6 have heard from others that saying “it’s bad, it’s bad”? They understand that these policemen are very bad. It results into dislike. there’s nothing worth there truly anything in this world Introspect Within!...... 9 Having gained this knowledge, There if you keep saying getting scared about. hatred sets in first. On the good things like, “it’s worth fearing? Dadashri has Mythological Stories...... 10 Thus, many times fear is revealed the secrets of all these basis of this knowledge, one will good, it’s good,” the just imaginary. Let’s Play...... 12 say that ‘policemen are very dislike will disappear. mysteries in this issue. bad’. When you have heard Of course, it’s good to Sweet Memories...... 14 If someone says “I fear doing bad deeds. someone say that ‘policemen don’t like going to school” So let us learn more about are the worst kind of people’, One should fear hurting Pujyashree With Kids...... 15 or “I don’t like drinking others and binding these mysteries and experience that is hatred. Fear arises as bitter medicine at all” or Answers to Puzzles...... a result of hatred. Then, this demerit karmas, but not the state of fearlessness. 16 disapproves of things and fear anything else. “If fear keeps increasing day by people, then dislike arises My Vision, day. And then, when someday a I’m ever tempted to which gradually results steal, then I can - Dimple Mehta Nairobi Shibir Highlights...... 17 policeman comes to one’s home, into fear. So now, if you one feels uneasy, even though immediately see the fear taking bitter results of my actions. the policeman may have just m e d i c i n e , t h e n b y Editor : Ahmedabad:(079) Print at:- Therefore, the fear of come to inquire about an repeatedly saying “it is Dimple Mehta 27540408,27543979 Amba Offset address. s t e a l i n g a r i s e s . Rajkot Trimandir: Basement, Parshvanath very sweet,” the fear for Therefore, I am never Vol.: 1, Issue : 5 You will be afraid of it disappears. Similarly if 9274111393 Chambers, Nr.RBI, able to steal. And thus Conti. Issue No.: 5 Usmanpura, Ahmedabad-14. whoever you hate. Fear of the you begin to dislike one does not engage in Baroda:(0265)2414142 November 2009 snake and tiger arises from someone, for example, a wrong deeds. Mumbai:9323528901-03 one’s hatred towards them. Subscription (English) teacher, then fear for Now when you feel Contact at: U.S.A.:785-271-0869 Yearly Subscription him/her will arise. 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Then Phone:(079)39830100 Simandhar City, Adalaj, s a y i n g t h i s w i l l Ta. & Dist.:- Gandhinagar- 382421 name of ‘Mahavideh relations become good and email:[email protected] immediately dissipate Foundation’. your fears. Fear arises when you perceive the other Akram Express person to be bad, which is the root cause of fear in this world. 1 November 2009 November 2009 Imaginative Fear The selection of the talked to his elder brother try to find something role of Humayun for the Shivam about being positive in the situation play “Rakshabandhan – the selected for the play, and that is the key to bond of love” was being “Will I be able to go on making me fearless. In conducted during English stage? Is it possible? I this situation, if the class. All the students had think it is an impossible audience laughs, you to read one page aloud for task for me. I shall fail should take it as your way the tryouts. Shrey loved miserably.” of entertaining them. And to read but he did not want Shivam told Shrey, remember one thing, only to play the lead role “Shrey, if we have a you know the dialogues, because he had extreme negative attitude before not the audience. So if you stage fright. Just the starting any activity, then forget your lines, just say thought of going on stage it depletes the energy to something similar to your was enough to make him complete that task from dialogue. So there is no nervous. However, despite within.So always be need to get scared. Do not his nervousness, he read positive.” Shivam would lose your confidence and his part as he was an always inspire and comfort do not worry about what obedient student. him. He added, “Okay, tell the audience or other The next day, the me, what’s the worst that people will think of you. I teacher announced the list could happen?” am sure you can do it.” Listening to this, Shrey of the students chosen for After pondering over it got a new vision and the play. Shrey had been Shrey answered, “I might walking, on the way to Now the repeat show even noticed that when he strength. He was now selected to play the role of p o s s i b l y f o r g e t m y school, during lunch began. This time around forgot his lines, the eager to make a good Humayun. He was terribly dialogues on stage. The break, before going to too, the performance was audience neither reacted effort and memorize his scared but knew he had no audience will laugh at me.” bed and on weekends. going smoothly, when all badly nor laughed at him. dialogues. He began other option. Shivam said, “Do you know, Initially, it was difficult of a sudden, Shrey forgot On the contrary, they practicing daily – while He went home and whenever I am scared, I for him to remember the his dialogue. He did not a p p l a u d e d h i s long sentences, but get scared. Shivam’s performance heartily. gradually he was able to voice rang in his ears, What was of most memorize everything. “Only you know the importance to him, was Eventually, the day of that his parents and the play arrived. The play This time Shivam attended the was to be performed around too, the performance. twice that day. The first performance was The following week, show was for the students going smoothly,when Shrey’s fellow students and the repeat show was ‘‘ complimented him saying for family and friends. all of a sudden, Shrey “You performed well,” During the first show, forgot his dialogue “ T o o g o o d ! ” o r Shrey went on stage with d i al ogu e s, not t he “Wonderful.” But all full confidence. The play audience. So if you forget these compliments held no was being performed very them midway, you just importance for Shrey, in smoothly. People would have to say something ‘ c‘ o m p a r i s o n t o t h e even applause Shrey’s similar to your dialogue. a c h i e v e m e n t o f dialogues, which pleased Do not worry about what overcoming his fear. For him. With the success of the audience or other this he was very obliged the first show, Shrey’s people will think of you.” towards his elder brother self-confidence increased He remained calm and who had inspired him and tremendously. within a few moments,he taught him how to remembered his lines. He overcome his fears. 2 Akram Express Akram Express 3 November 2009 November 2009 Imaginative Fear The selection of the talked to his elder brother try to find something role of Humayun for the Shivam about being positive in the situation play “Rakshabandhan – the selected for the play, and that is the key to bond of love” was being “Will I be able to go on making me fearless. In conducted during English stage? Is it possible? I this situation, if the class. All the students had think it is an impossible audience laughs, you to read one page aloud for task for me. I shall fail should take it as your way the tryouts. Shrey loved miserably.” of entertaining them. And to read but he did not want Shivam told Shrey, remember one thing, only to play the lead role “Shrey, if we have a you know the dialogues, because he had extreme negative attitude before not the audience. So if you stage fright. Just the starting any activity, then forget your lines, just say thought of going on stage it depletes the energy to something similar to your was enough to make him complete that task from dialogue. So there is no nervous. However, despite within.So always be need to get scared. Do not his nervousness, he read positive.” Shivam would lose your confidence and his part as he was an always inspire and comfort do not worry about what obedient student. him. He added, “Okay, tell the audience or other The next day, the me, what’s the worst that people will think of you. I teacher announced the list could happen?” am sure you can do it.” Listening to this, Shrey of the students chosen for After pondering over it got a new vision and the play. Shrey had been Shrey answered, “I might walking, on the way to Now the repeat show even noticed that when he strength. He was now selected to play the role of p o s s i b l y f o r g e t m y school, during lunch began. This time around forgot his lines, the eager to make a good Humayun. He was terribly dialogues on stage. The break, before going to too, the performance was audience neither reacted effort and memorize his scared but knew he had no audience will laugh at me.” bed and on weekends. going smoothly, when all badly nor laughed at him. dialogues. He began other option. Shivam said, “Do you know, Initially, it was difficult of a sudden, Shrey forgot On the contrary, they practicing daily – while He went home and whenever I am scared, I for him to remember the his dialogue. He did not a p p l a u d e d h i s long sentences, but get scared. Shivam’s performance heartily. gradually he was able to voice rang in his ears, What was of most memorize everything. “Only you know the importance to him, was Eventually, the day of that his parents and the play arrived. The play This time Shivam attended the was to be performed around too, the performance. twice that day. The first performance was The following week, show was for the students going smoothly,when Shrey’s fellow students and the repeat show was ‘‘ complimented him saying for family and friends. all of a sudden, Shrey “You performed well,” During the first show, forgot his dialogue “ T o o g o o d ! ” o r Shrey went on stage with d i al ogu e s, not t he “Wonderful.” But all full confidence. The play audience. So if you forget these compliments held no was being performed very them midway, you just importance for Shrey, in smoothly. People would have to say something ‘ c‘ o m p a r i s o n t o t h e even applause Shrey’s similar to your dialogue. a c h i e v e m e n t o f dialogues, which pleased Do not worry about what overcoming his fear. For him. With the success of the audience or other this he was very obliged the first show, Shrey’s people will think of you.” towards his elder brother self-confidence increased He remained calm and who had inspired him and tremendously. within a few moments,he taught him how to remembered his lines. He overcome his fears. 2 Akram Express Akram Express 3 November 2009

When fear arises in a situation where there is nothing to fear, it is called false fear. E.g. Exams that are to be given a month later are feared as tremendously as if they are to be given tomorrow. Absolutely new

Everything can be obtained easily if one has faith. People keep feeling, “What if I don’t get this? What if it doesn’t happen?” This in itself is false fear. E.g. When one falls sick and doesn’t recover soon, then thoughts like these arise, “What if I don’t get proper medicines? What if I die?”

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What is the intellect to be used for? To keep everyone calm, and not to scare anyone, e.g. to instill the fear of ghosts in someone.

Absolutely new and different!

What if I happen to do something wrong? This feeling is called precaution, not fear e.g. to hold a glass carefully so does not break is called precaution not fear.

Akram Express 5 November 2009 November 2009 There was once a little squirrel who was always fearful. Anyone could easily Meanwhile,hearing all the screams and scare her. One day she was peacefully drinking water at a lake when she shouts the lion woke up from his sleep heard a loud noise. She got very scared and ran for her life. A violent creature is out to kill us. Theeveryone rhinoceros is running.told me that

Run, a violent, terrible What’s all this creature out to kill us! noise about? I heard it from the hippopotamus.

When I saw the The monkey told me. The monkey sighted the squirrel running and concluding that something terrible deer running, I was about to happen, he joined the squirrel, running and screaming. felt that it must be something serious.The deer The only runs like the wind when some Fearsome Flock calamity actually befalls, so I too While running they passed started to run. by the hippopotamus who was lazily idling in the mud, the Yes, I was following the giraffe who was eating leaves squirrel. She warned me. off high branches, the Run, a violent She was running and was rhinoceros and the elephant creature very scared. who was spraying water on his back with his trunk. is out to kill us! They all joined this By the fearsome flock. lake side.

Run, save your lives!. Where did Help, some violent, terrible you hear creature is of it? after us!

6 Akram Express Akram Express 7 November 2009 November 2009 There was once a little squirrel who was always fearful. Anyone could easily Meanwhile,hearing all the screams and scare her. One day she was peacefully drinking water at a lake when she shouts the lion woke up from his sleep heard a loud noise. She got very scared and ran for her life. A violent creature is out to kill us. Theeveryone rhinoceros is running.told me that

Run, a violent, terrible What’s all this creature out to kill us! noise about? I heard it from the hippopotamus.

Run, save your lives!. Where did Help, some violent, terrible you hear creature is of it? after us!

6 Akram Express Akram Express 7 November 2009 November 2009 So everyone went up to lake and looked around but found no sign of Introspect Within! any violent creature. Just when they decided to leave, a big rock came A group of friends have gathered together and happen to be rolling down the hillock and fell into discussing their fears. So let’s see what each of them is afraid of:- the lake with a loud ‘thud’. I am scared of examinations. I’m never confident about I’ve made a mistake. I’m whether I will remember what I’ve studied or not. afraid that mummy will scold me. 4) Akash When I watch That’s the horror movies, one! Run! read horror stories I get scared of or if I hear some what may happen in horrifying sounds the future. at night I get 1) Devam scared. Stop. Look, this ‘thud’ is not the noise of any violent creature but of a rock I am that has fallen into the water. afraid of 3) Neerja injections. When they realized 5) Alaap the reason for the Do not feel ashamed. All animals, 2) Anu loud noise, the squirrel as well as humans, experience We have various magical potions which can make one fearless. But to our dismay, these bottles and the rest of the fear. But quite often our fear have been mixed with other bottles holding harmful potions. Can you help pick the right bottles animals felt ashamed arises only out of our own to make them fearless? about running around 1. I shall chant “Dada Bhagwan na Aseem Jai Jaikar ho” daily and pray to Dada that I may in fear without imagination. Many a time we fear things which need not be feared remember all that I have studied. investigating the 2. Do unto others what they do to you – if someone insults me, I shall retort with an insult. matter and just at all. When we find ourselves in 3. I will tell them that they look very horrifying and that they will have to bring the change by believing information such a difficult situation, we themselves. they had heard. should pause and ask ourselves if 4. “Has my fear ever come true?” Never. Then it is totally imagined and there is no need for it is really worth fearing. If it is me to fear anything. It is my negative intellect which is scaring me. really a difficult situation, then 5. I shall go to an astrologer to learn of my future. we should take measures to 6. I will declare my mistakes and never repeat them again. 7. Whenever I read or watch a horrifying story, I shall call my friend to stay overnight. protect ourselves but there is no 8. I shall chant the “Trimantra” or concentrate on Dada or Simandhar Swami’s Picture. need to be frightened. 9. I shall always stay in the present. I shall never fall into the trap of negativity.

That’s true. Today, I have Have you ever experienced such a Have you tried out this learnt an Name Magical Potion no. important lesson fear in your lifetime? Yes/No tonic? Yes/No – there is no 1. Devam need to be in 2. Anu false fear 3. Neerja without 4. Akash investigating 5. Alaap the matter. 8 Akram Express Akram Express 9 November 2009 November 2009 praised the ascetic. Vegvati took her rightful place in heaven on being reborn. After completing her life span in heaven, Vegvati was reborn as a princess. Due to her misdeeds of disgracing the ascetic in her previous birth, she too had to suffer being disgraced and exiled. As a result she lead her life in solitude in the forest. So friends, did you see how risky it is to speak negatively of others? One should never say or listen to negative things, especially about saints. And when you realize your mistake, you should repent on it. On repenting believed it and refrained from going to heartily, all offenses are forgiven. the saint thereafter. Upon knowing this the saint was deeply hurt and he thought, “How can I bear it if due to So pray every day, “Oh Dada me the honor of the divine deities is at Bhagwan, give me the infinite stake?” He took an oath that “I shall inner strength not to criticize, give up food and water until the day these allegations are reversed.” Saying offend, insult or commit this he sat in penance. Because the ‘‘undesirable mistakes against or ascetic was truly pure, a celestial deity disrespect any living came to his help. Vegvati became very preacher,teacher or saint.” ill and was in unbearable pain. Many different types of medication were tried, but none could cure her and her In a small Indian town named burned with jealously. Ultimately, she suffering increased by the day. She Mrunalkund, there lived a learned priest could bear it no longer and started realized her folly and thought, “All this named Shribhuti. He and his wife telling people, “This priest is a fraud – is a result of the false rumors I spread named Saraswati, had only one you ignore a worthy person such as a about a pure saint,” and she deeply ‘ ‘ daughter named Vegvati. Theirs was a Brahmin and run to worship a repented her actions. She asked for highly honored family. saint who is always on the forgiveness from the saint, in the One day, a devout and move, but you are not presence of fellow villagers by knowledgeable ascetic a w a r e o f h i s saying, “You are as holy as the arrived at the town. character.” fire. I tried to demean you People started flocking to solely out of my jealousy. You People tend to are very merciful. Please pay their respects to the Mythological have interest in ascetic. The ascetic’s forgive me. I shall never listening to the repeat such a mistake glory increased day by n e g a t i v e s o f day. It is a pitiable trait of Stories again.” Due to her others. They have heartfelt repentance, the humans that they sometimes more interest in suffer being jealous about celestial deity cured her gossiping than speaking of her agony. On being others. One grieves not only over positively about others. As what one lacks, but also over others cured of her illness, she Vegvati was out to demean the saint, listened to religious peoples better fortunes. Who can help she left no stone unturned. She started them come out of such suffering? preachings and took spreading false rumours about the renunciation from Hearing all the praise and honor being saint. All this cheap talk spread like showered on the ascetic, poor Vegvati worldly life. On the wild fire across the town, people even other hand, people 10 Akram Express y¢{Akram yuõMk«uMkExpress 11 November 2009 November 2009 praised the ascetic. Vegvati took her rightful place in heaven on being reborn. After completing her life span in heaven, Vegvati was reborn as a princess. Due to her misdeeds of disgracing the ascetic in her previous birth, she too had to suffer being disgraced and exiled. As a result she lead her life in solitude in the forest. So friends, did you see how risky it is to speak negatively of others? One should never say or listen to negative things, especially about saints. And when you realize your mistake, you should repent on it. On repenting believed it and refrained from going to heartily, all offenses are forgiven. the saint thereafter. Upon knowing this the saint was deeply hurt and he thought, “How can I bear it if due to So pray every day, “Oh Dada me the honor of the divine deities is at Bhagwan, give me the infinite stake?” He took an oath that “I shall inner strength not to criticize, give up food and water until the day these allegations are reversed.” Saying offend, insult or commit this he sat in penance. Because the ‘‘undesirable mistakes against or ascetic was truly pure, a celestial deity disrespect any living came to his help. Vegvati became very preacher,teacher or saint.” ill and was in unbearable pain. Many different types of medication were tried, but none could cure her and her In a small Indian town named burned with jealously. Ultimately, she suffering increased by the day. She Mrunalkund, there lived a learned priest could bear it no longer and started realized her folly and thought, “All this named Shribhuti. He and his wife telling people, “This priest is a fraud – is a result of the false rumors I spread named Saraswati, had only one you ignore a worthy person such as a about a pure saint,” and she deeply ‘ ‘ daughter named Vegvati. Theirs was a Brahmin and run to worship a repented her actions. She asked for highly honored family. saint who is always on the forgiveness from the saint, in the One day, a devout and move, but you are not presence of fellow villagers by knowledgeable ascetic a w a r e o f h i s saying, “You are as holy as the arrived at the town. character.” fire. I tried to demean you People started flocking to solely out of my jealousy. You People tend to are very merciful. Please pay their respects to the Mythological have interest in ascetic. The ascetic’s forgive me. I shall never listening to the repeat such a mistake glory increased day by n e g a t i v e s o f day. It is a pitiable trait of Stories again.” Due to her others. They have heartfelt repentance, the humans that they sometimes more interest in suffer being jealous about celestial deity cured her gossiping than speaking of her agony. On being others. One grieves not only over positively about others. As what one lacks, but also over others cured of her illness, she Vegvati was out to demean the saint, listened to religious peoples better fortunes. Who can help she left no stone unturned. She started them come out of such suffering? preachings and took spreading false rumours about the renunciation from Hearing all the praise and honor being saint. All this cheap talk spread like showered on the ascetic, poor Vegvati worldly life. On the wild fire across the town, people even other hand, people 10 Akram Express y¢{Akram yuõMk«uMkExpress 11 November 2009 LL ee tt’’

ss In the1 picture above, there is a cherry inside a glass shaped structure made with 4 match sticks. Now move any two PP match sticks in such a way that the cherry appears outside the glass and even after moving these two match ll sticks the glass shaped structure should be formed. The glass shaped structure can be aa formed in any direction. yy 2

In the2 circles to the 3 right, fill in the numbers 1 to 5 in such a way that each diagonal line, vertical line as well as each chain of connecting circles has a different number. 4 5

12 Akram Express November 2009 In the two entangled yarns shown below, one tangle is made up of a single string in which both ends of the string are joined, while the other tangle is made up of two strings which are joined to each other. Find the tangle made up of two strings and the tangle made up of a single string. 3

Arrange the pieces shown below in Figure out the total number of such a way that a chess board of size triangles (of all possible sizes) in the 8 x 8 is formed. picture below. 5 4

y¢{Akram yuõMk«uMkExpress 13 November 2009 This is an incident that took place in ghost. However, Dada was a Dada’s life. Dada was a contractor courageous man and wondered what by profession so he had to visit his was the reality of the matter, let construction sites. From there, he me investigate the cause of the would return home on his bicycle. flames and put an end to the whole On the way, there was a particular matter today. He thought, “Let me tree named ‘Mahudo.’ One day, a follow it up. Now there is no few people told him, “a ghost turning back. If I turn back now, it resides in the mahudo tree, so will haunt me.” So he rode his beware.” bicycle in full speed up to the man Dada listened to what they by the tree and said in a loud voice, said. The next day it so happened “Hey, why are you coming in my that by the time he was returning way?” Dada had by now home, it was pitch dark. As he got understood, that it was a man closer to the tree, Dada started standing there. The man was picturing the ghost. shocked with the Now what really s u d d e n t u r n o f happened is that, at Sweet events, and said “Oh the same time, a man sir, it is you! Sir, it is wanting to smoke a Memories you!” pleadingly. cigarette was lighting a Then Dada gave him a matchstick. Since it ride for a short was windy, the match distance. sticks kept blowing On knowing and out, which from a analyzing all the distance appeared facts, he drew a like flames flaring conclusion that up now and then. these are just Since people had imaginary ghosts. talked to Dada We see things in about the ghost the light of our just the previous own imagination. day, Dada kept But in reality, envisioning the there is no reason to be afraid.

14 Akram Express November 2009 Questioner: Is there a world of ghosts all ‘vyantar’ deities. There is a separate and spirits? If so, please briefly world of these beings. explain. ------Pujyashree: A ghost (bhoot) is a kind of Questioner: Even after reading diety and a spirit (pret) is a wandering everything, on the examination day, I soul. Hardly one in lakhs becomes a forget what I read. What should I do? wandering soul. The soul has an Pujyashree: Our anxiety on the electrical body and a causal body but no examination day makes us forget what physical body. In spirits, (pret) the soul we read. Confidently decide that, “If is present but without a physical body so questions come from what I have read, I it cannot fulfill its urge to eat and drink. will write the answers” and a second This is why it possesses a human body option is to pray, “Dada Bhagwan please and consumes food in large quantities give me the strength to answer the like 50 laddoos and 50 paper well. Dada Bhagwan please be puris. While ghosts present and help me write the paper.” (bhoot) are a Hand the matter over to Dada Bhagwan different entity, and ask him to do the needful. If you do they don’t harm this before you start the exam, your anyone. Actually fear and anxiety will leave. Then you will speaking, we be able to answer the paper well. should not even Otherwise…what you have read is use the word, already in your memory, but you get t h e y a r e disturbed because of exam fear and deities.These anxiety. That’s why everything gets (ghosts) are spoiled. Pujyashree with Kids

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‘My Vision’ response on ‘Miracle’(Sept 2009) I read this month’s Akram Express and I really liked it… 1) If I got the power to do miracles for a day, first of all I’d call Niruma and Dada here. 2) If I could do miracles, I’d give food to those who don’t have any. I’d give homes to those who don’t have a place to live, money to those who don’t have any and I’d give everyone happiness and peace. 3) If I get the power to do miracles then I’d explain Dada’s gnan and share this correct understanding with all my friends. 4) I would not do miracles to get anything for myself because we get happiness by giving happiness to others. Niki Joshi, Kandari 16 Akram Express November 2009

My Vision You have gone to a friend’s birthday party which goes on late into the night. On the way back, it’s very dark and the road is deserted. You are all alone and the wind is howling. You feel afraid, ‘what if someone comes from somewhere and kidnaps me?’ With these thoughts, you begin to feel extremely scared. What inner understanding will you apply at this time? NAIROBI SHIBIR HIGHLIGHTS The shibir was held from 9th to Nairobi airport with a Swahili welcome 11th October in Nairobi, at the song. They were actively involved Brookhouse school complex surrounded during the shibir held at Brookshouse by natural beauty and a very peaceful school. They had enthusiastically environment. 300 mahatmas from all organized various activities and events for mahatmas, like Akram Safari – Treasure hunt of gnan, and a cultural show in which children and youth from age 6 to 24 yrs participated in a very unique presentation that explained youth activities in Kenya. They also had put up a beautiful display based on their understanding on topics like, ‘not to hurt anyone by

Dada to over east Africa participated in the 3- day shibir. Pujya Deepakbhai’s natural give poise and relaxed composure came out beautifully in the fun filled satsangs. correct There is a very active group of youths in Kenya’s Nairobi centre. About 25 youths regularly meet for 2 giving hours every Sunday. The youth welcomed Pujya Deepakbhai at the

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one’s mind, speech or body’ and ‘pratikraman- atikraman’. This work was a wonderful output of workshops organized during their youth sessions. They had the opportunity to show Pujya Deepakbhai this exhibition and received one to one blessings from him. The youth had two satsang sessions with Aptaputra and two satsang sessions with Pujya Deepakbhai during the 10 day visit in which t h e y a s k e d t h e i r questions and got s o l u t i o n s . T h e i r questions were very interesting and came from the heart. A lot of them also took gnan after the discourses. For the first time in Africa, Simandhar Swami pran-prathistha c e r e m o n y w a s celebrated amidst 400 enthusiastic mahatmas who were filled with emotion. A picnic was organized in Naivasha on the last day of shibir. Mahatmas and the youth alike got an opportunity to freely interact with Pujya Deepakbhai. It was fantastic!!!

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